Scott Walsh wrote:
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>      No need to apologise. In fact you are in a sense right as a VERY long
>      time ago capacitors used to be know as CONDENSORS.
>      etc etc

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Not spelt like that, surely? According to the Oxford Dictionary:
CONDENSER: chamber in steam-engine in which steam is condensed on
leaving cylinder; (electrical) capacitor; system of lenses,
concentrating light.

L knew an New Zealander who always said "condeeznance". It was
impossible to know the spelling of this word as he never wrote it down.

John Blackburn London UK.